John Bockrath says he is so angry about the vandalism, he is shutting his business down until the person or persons responsible are caught.

The company's doors and windows were smashed, their trucks were damaged and paperwork thrown outside of the building. Because of the damage to the trucks, it forced a large part of the business to shut down.

"They broke into the facility. They damaged a number of my trucks. They stole some of our critical paperwork," said Bockrath. "Not the entire plant but enough that I am going to close the operation down."

Bockrath says he believes someone is disgruntled because the company is not satisfying their needs.

Because of the demand for ice for those affected by Iselle, Alii Ice limited ice sales to 100 pounds per person.

Bockrath says some wanted 400 and 500 pounds of ice for parties, events and fishing.

The Alii Ice Company employs 13 people. The company makes about 40,000 pounds of ice per day. This is the only ice company on the Hilo side. Now, Hilo, Honoka'a, Puna and Volcano areas will not have a local supply of ice.

"We take care of the fishermen. We take care of the general public and numerous wholesale accounts. Restaurants. It is critical to the community," said Bockrath.

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Mardi Bockrath

Alii Ice Company owner John Bockrath says his business was vandalized Tuesday night.

A Big Island ice factory is closing indefinitely following vandalism overnight... and it couldn't have come at a WORSE time! Alii Ice owner Jon Bockrath says vandals smashed doors and windows- damaged trucks- and threw paperwork EVERYWHERE. The damage is so extensive he's decided to shut his operation down- leaving he and his 13 employees without work. Bockrath says nothing was stolen and believes disgruntled customers are to blame. He had limited sales to just 100-pounds per person so more people could buy ice and suspects the 100-pound limit upset the vandals. 19:39:38 jon bockrath THEY WANTED TO HAVE A PARTY AND THEY MAY HAVE HEARD THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO SUPPLY THEM WITH FIVE OR SIX-HUNDRED POUNDS OF ICE SO THEY COULD COOL THEIR BEER AND THEIR FOOD FOR THEIR PARTY AND THEY BECAME DISGRUNTLED. Alii Ice normally makes 40- thousand pounds of ice daily... and Bockrath says its the only ice manufacturer on the Hilo side of the island. He tells us just last year, he invested about 100-thousand dollars to